Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi

‘Abd al-Ghanī al-Maqdīsi
al-Maqdisi manuscript
Title	Taqi ad-Din
Born	1146 CE/541 AH
Died	1203 CE/600 AH
Resting place	Al-Qurafah cemetery
Ethnicity	Arab
Era	Islamic golden age
Region	Ash-Sham
Occupation	Islamic scholar
Religion	Islam
Jurisprudence	Hanbali
Creed	Sunni
Main interest(s)	Hadith
Notable work(s)	al-Kamal fi ma`rifat al-rijal Umdat al-Ahkam (The Foundation of Rulings)
Influenced by Abu-al-Faraj Ibn Al-Jawzi

‘Abd al-Ghanī ibn ‘Abd al-Wāḥid al-Jammā’īlī al-Maqdisi (Arabic: عبدالغاني المقديسي‎‎) was a classical Sunni Islamic scholar and a prominent Hadith master. His full name was al-Imam al-Hafidh Abu Muhammad Abdul-Ghani ibn Abdul-Wahid al-Jammaʻili al-Maqdisi al-Hanbali. He was born in 541 AH (1146 CE) in the village of Jummail in Palestine. He studied with scholars in Damascus; many of whom were from his own extended family. He studied with many scholars including the Imam of Tasawwuf, Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani. He was the first person to establish a school on Mount Qasioun near Damascus. He died in 600 AH (1203 CE).